Five Question Friday - 2/8/13

Five Question Friday - January 25

One of my goals for 2013 was to reveal more of who I am on my blog.  If you just read my posts (and not comments) I'm sure you are feeling like - who is this person behind Coupon STL.  So here goes.

1. What holiday do you wish did not exist?

Grandparents Day.  Sorry Mom & Day, but you already have Mothers Day and Fathers Day, and then I'm suppose to remember Grandparents Day,  too.  I never think about it until it's too late for me to get a card in the mail for my kids. Then, I feel guilty because they are fantastic grandparents.


2. What is your favorite romance/love movie?

The Way We Were.  I've Always loved that movie.  No matter how many times I see it -  I still cry.


3. Do you make a big production out of celebrating Valentine's Day?

My husband and I have never made a big deal out of Valentines Day.  I think I killed the Valentine's sentiment when we were first married and I complained about the money hubby spent on flowers.  Oops!

I didn't know at the time that my Mother-In-Law threw her Xmas gift (dishes)  at my Father-In-Law one year because she didn't want something practical. Anything that remotely sounds like a complaint, makes hubby a little nervous.


4. What is something weird you did as a child? (or even now!)

This is hard to say.  My kids would say there is lots of things I do that are weird.


5. What makes you love your husband, really LOVE him, you know since Valentines is coming up?

It sounds cliche, but my husband and I really are best friends. We have been best friends since we first met. The first few years we dated were a little on again off again, but we were always there for each other, and after almost 25 years of marriage it hasn't changed - not the on again off again part.

-- Jeri

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Five Question Friday - 2/1/13

Five Question Friday - February 1st

One of my goals for 2013 was to reveal more of who I am on my blog.  If you just read my posts, (and not comments) I'm sure you are feeling like - who is this person behind Coupon STL? So here goes.

1. What is your favorite book to read with your kids?

My all time favorite read aloud is Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl.  Not only is it a good story, but it's fun to read.  My oldest was sick when either of us had read it the first time.  We cozied up on the couch and I thought I would read aloud a few chapters.  I ended up reading the entire book to him in one sitting.  Dang and blast!

2. After having kids, what body part has changed the most?

When your youngest is seventeen, you could care less what body part changed after having kids.  It's the changes that happen in the next seventeen years that are worse - everything heads south.  No wonder all the retires move to Florida. They feel at home.

3. Would you ever go back to college? What would you study?

I'm done with college and wouldn't ever want to go back. It's not that I don't like learning, but I want to do it on my time.  My husband would be the permanent student.  He  already has two undergraduate and two masters degrees, and if we won the lottery, he would go back for more.  The oldest is following in his footsteps - graduating this spring with two undergraduate degrees and looking at Grad Schools for a joint PhD  and JD program.  The youngest if heading to college next fall.  Let's hope he's not too much like Mom.

4. How do you close a phone call? Bye, bye bye or other?

With text and email, I hardly talk on the phone anymore.  I think I just say bye.

5. What is the one food that will always be your "cheat food" on a diet?

Just one?  I love something salty - potato chips, popcorn, tortilla chips, snack crackers and I have to add a little chocolate to the list.

-- Jeri


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Five Question Friday - 1/25/13

Five Question Friday - January 25

One of my goals for 2013 was to reveal more of who I am on my blog.  If you just read my posts (and not comments) I'm sure you are feeling like - who is this person behind Coupon STL.  So here goes.

1. Do you embrace or dread snow/cold weather days?

I love it when it's snowing, but hate cold weather.  I grew up in Iowa, and believe it or not, the two did not go hand in hand together.  It was always warmer when it was snowing - 40 below windchills came after there was a foot of snow on the ground.

I also love to drive (not on the highway) in new snow. But, there are too many people in St Louis that scare me to death with their winter driving skills to enjoy it now.

2. Which game show or reality show could you totally win?

This is a no brainer. I could win Supermarket Sweeps.  I loved that show even in my former life - before couponing.

3. What is your preferred climate?

Not too cold, not too hot.  I lived in Spokane Washington for a year and it was just about the perfect climate. It was warm in the summer, but with no humidity, and it snowed in the winter, but a Chinook would come through an melt it all within a few days.

4. What do you buy every time you walk into the grocery store, no matter what?

Nothing.  I've very good about planning my shopping trips and buying only what is on my list.  Hubby, not so much.

5. If you see a spider/bug in the house, are you brave enough to kill it, or do you call for your hubby?

I have no problems with spiders or bugs, I can easily stomp on those.  A mouse it what send me into a tizzy.  I hate things that scurry.

-- Jeri


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